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4:25 PM ET, March 18, 2018

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Assails Mueller, Drawing Rebukes From Republicans  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump appeared on Sunday to abandon a strategy of deferring to the special counsel examining Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election, lashing out at what he characterized as a partisan investigation …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Gowdy to Trump: ‘When you are innocent ... act like it’  —  Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) urged President Donald Trump and his lawyer on Sunday to stop flailing at special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and to let the probe continue unimpeded.  —  “When you are innocent ... act like it …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Trump said Mueller's team has ‘13 hardened Democrats.’ Here are the facts. … President Trump on Sunday renewed his attacks on the political affiliations of the members of the special counsel team investigating his 2016 campaign for possibly coordinating with Russia, alleging that the group has …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Firing McCabe Is Just the Start  —  President Trump raged at his TV on Sunday morning.  And yet on balance, he had a pretty good weekend.  He got a measure of revenge upon the hated FBI, firing former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe two days before his pension vested.
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Jeff Sessions may have violated his recusal pledge when he fired Andrew McCabe  —  Making the Justice Department inspector general's report public would help clear things up.  —  On Friday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, allegedly …
Axios:
What McCabe told Mueller  —  Andrew McCabe says President Trump asked him: “What was it like when your wife lost? ...  So tell me, what was it like to lose?”  McCabe — the former FBI deputy director who was fired Friday night, 26 hours short of being eligible for a full pension …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump rails against Mueller investigation, dismisses McCabe's notes as ‘Fake Memos’
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Andrew McCabe was just offered a job by a congressman so he can get his full retirement.
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Kushner Cos. filed false documents with NYC  —  NEW YORK (AP) — When the Kushner Cos. bought three apartment buildings in a gentrifying neighborhood of Queens in 2015, most of the tenants were protected by special rules that prevent developers from pushing them out, raising rents and turning a tidy profit.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Sources contradict Sessions' testimony he opposed Russia outreach  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' testimony that he opposed a proposal for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign team to meet with Russians has been contradicted by three people …
BBC:
Russia election: Vladimir Putin wins by big margin  —  Vladimir Putin will lead Russia for another six years, after securing an expected victory in the presidential election.  —  A Russian state exit poll gave him 73.9% of the vote, easily defeating his closest competitor.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and RedState
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Russian liberal candidate comes distant fourth
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Bloomberg:   Putin Sweeps to New Term in Russia as Tensions Spiral With West
Reuters:
Putin wins Russia's presidential election: exit poll
Discussion: Politico
Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
Putin claims victory in Russia's presidential election
Discussion: The Root
CNN:   Vladimir Putin retains grip on Russia, exit polls show
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Democrats hold double-digit lead for 2018 midterm elections  —  A new NBC News/WSJ poll also shows President Trump's approval ratings edging up  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats enjoy a 10-point advantage over Republicans in congressional preference for the 2018 midterm elections …
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:   Democrats Regain Double-Digit Advantage Over GOP in Voter Sentiment Poll
Ronald Radosh / The Daily Beast:
The Democrats' Only Hope: Give Up Leftism for Lambism
Discussion: Althouse and The Guardian
Terry Moran / ABC News:
Russian ex-spy's poisoning in UK believed from nerve agent in car vents; at least 38 others sickened: Sources  —  The Russian ex-spy who along with his daughter was poisoned by a nerve agent in the U.K. may have been exposed to the neurotoxin through his car's ventilation system, sources told ABC News.
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Rory Smith / New York Times:
Memo to Theresa May: In Premier League, Russian Roots Run Deep
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Why does Putin treat Britain with disdain? He thinks he's bought it.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and NPR
Washington Post:
U.S. and British lawmakers demand answers from Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg … Lawmakers in the United States and Britain are calling on Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to explain how the names, preferences and other information from tens of millions of users ended …
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The Guardian:
Pressure mounts on Cambridge Analytica and Facebook over data scandal
Doree Lewak / New York Post:
Women's March members bail over ties to Farrakhan  —  The Women's March — a civil-rights group at the center of protests against the Trump presidency — is losing top staffers and supporters over its leadership's refusal to denounce a racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic rant by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
Rep. Keith Ellison:
I Have Fought Against Hate My Entire Career  —  Standing together when those who have never been on our side seek to divide us  —  I ran for Congress more than a decade ago because I imagined a more inclusive, tolerant, and welcoming America and I've used my seat in Congress to try to make that vision a reality.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Some wanted Florida suspect committed in 2016  —  MIAMI (AP) — Officials were so concerned about the mental stability of the student accused of last month's Florida school massacre that they decided he should be forcibly committed.  —  But the recommendation was never acted upon.
Discussion: Axios
 
 
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Allison Pecorin / ABC News:
US in ‘dark moment’ with a lot of ‘angst in the country,’ says New Orleans mayor who removed Confederate monuments
Discussion: Breitbart
Larry Getlen / New York Post:
How McConnell and Chao used political power to make their family rich
Discussion: Breitbart
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Democrats Are Primed for 2018 and Looking Pretty in 2020
New York Times:
Mueller Wants Trump's Business Records. What's the Russia Connection?
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Legend says a load of Union gold went missing during the Civil War. Did the FBI just find it?
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
 Earlier Items: 
Jeff Roe / New York Times:
Don't Run From Trump
New York Times:
Nancy Pelosi Wants to Lead. House Democratic Candidates Aren't So Sure.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
Kris Kobach's Voting Sham Gets Exposed in Court
Salena Zito / Washington Examiner:
Dear Abby: A lesson for the midterms
Chris Riotta / Mediaite:
Jesse Watters Takes On Hillary Clinton's Health: She's ‘Acted a Little Erratic in The Past’